Oregon sheriff says missing Oklahoma man was hallucinating during last call with family

This undated Oklahoma driver's license photo provided by the Harney County, Ore. Sheriff's Office shows Dustin Self, 19, who is believed missing on Steens Mountain in the remote and rugged country of southeastern Oregon. The Harney County sheriff's office has been searching for him since his pickup truck was found abandoned on a mountain track. He told his parents before leaving their home a month ago that he wanted to live off the land like in the movie, "Into The Wild.'' (AP Photo/Harney County Sheriff's Office)
(The Associated Press)

GRANTS PASS, Ore. – The sheriff heading up the search for a young Oklahoma man missing in the wilds of southeastern Oregon says the young man was hallucinating the last time he telephoned his family.

He also said he was seeing plants coming out of the ground and running in a call to his girlfriend.

Nineteen-year-old Dustin Self has been missing a month since setting out from his family home outside Oklahoma City to test himself against the wilderness.

He also planned to check out churches that practice a South American religion that uses a hallucinogenic tea as a sacrament.

Sheriff Dave Glerup said Friday he thinks Self is either dead or walked off Steens Mountain and hitched a ride somewhere after his truck got stuck on a backcountry track.